Disabled girls and women are vulnerable to abuse by carers and partners because of their isolation and physical incapacity, new research says.
Social Sciences
Apr 14, 2015
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Since the early 1990s, the number of murders had been steadily dropping. Then in 2015, it jumped up, and it continued escalating in 2016 before falling again. What happened? Were those figures an aberration, or are they a ...
Social Sciences
Apr 9, 2019
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Spanking is more common among parents who report using many types of discipline with children and in families where there is intimate partner violence, according to a new research abstract presented during the 2022 American ...
Social Sciences
Oct 7, 2022
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Intimate partner violence—or abuse and aggression in a romantic relationship—is a pervasive global issue. In Uganda, a primarily Christian country in East Africa, 56% of women who've been married report being sexually ...
Social Sciences
Jul 25, 2022
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Canadian women of all ages still tend to do more household chores than their male partners, no matter how much they work or earn in a job outside the home. Findings from a study in Springer's journal Sex Roles demonstrate ...
Social Sciences
Sep 26, 2017
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Sexual assault incidents that involve intimate partners feature unique factors that affect a victim's willingness to cooperate with police, including the relationship between the suspect and victim and law enforcement practices ...
Social Sciences
Dec 6, 2016
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Intimate partner violence is pervasive in humanitarian settings and its impacts are far-reaching, finds a new study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.
Social Sciences
Jan 20, 2023
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As residents of southwest Florida begin the arduous process of rebuilding their lives in the wake of Hurricane Ian, Tulane University experts who have studied long-term impacts of storms in New Orleans have one piece of advice: ...
Environment
Oct 7, 2022
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Women who experience intimate partner violence, including physical, emotional, and controlling abuse, are more likely to suffer material hardship—the inability to purchase food, housing, utilities, medical care or other ...
Social Sciences
Oct 4, 2019
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Researchers at the UC Davis Violence Prevention Research Program (VPRP) have shown that handgun owners who have been charged with intimate partner violence (IPV)—abuse or aggression in romantic relationships—are much ...
Social Sciences
Dec 21, 2021
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